WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is back in Australia and for Anthony Albanese the job is done
5 months, 3 weeks ago

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is back in Australia and for Anthony Albanese the job is done

ABC  

With a raised fist, Julian Assange signalled his defiance, as he took his first steps back on home soil last night. Albanese's support for Assange while sidestepping political landmines But throughout it all, Anthony Albanese never defended Julian Assange's actions. Photo shows Three men sitting in the back of a car, talking Julian Assange's long-running legal odyssey has moved around the world, but its last stop is a small Pacific island. While Assange's lawyer Jennifer Robinson thanked the Australian PM "for his statesmanship, his principled leadership and his diplomacy, which made this outcome possible", his wife Stella last night thanked the opposition too. Trump last month suggested he would give "very serious consideration" to pardoning Assange, but he's unpredictable and there's every chance this "deal-maker" would want something from Australia in return.

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Julian Assange, WikiLeaks founder, speaks in his first appearance since his release from prison
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Julian Assange, WikiLeaks founder, speaks in his first appearance since his release from prison

ABC  

Julian Assange is back on European soil. "I am not here today because the system worked, I am free today after years of incarceration because I pleaded guilty to journalism," Assange told Europe's leading human rights organisation, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe at Strasbourg, France, which is investigating his detention and conviction. 'Isolation has taken its toll' …

WikiLeaks' Julian Assange to make first public appearance since release
2 months, 4 weeks ago

WikiLeaks' Julian Assange to make first public appearance since release

Hindustan Times  

WikiLeaks' founder Julian Assange is set to make his first public appearance since being freed from a British jail when he gives evidence to the Council of Europe next month, his organisation said on Wednesday. WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is scheduled to testify before the Council of Europe next month, marking his first public appearance since his release from British …

Things to know about how Julian Assange and US prosecutors arrived at a plea deal to end his case
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Things to know about how Julian Assange and US prosecutors arrived at a plea deal to end his case

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is back in Australia as a free man, having resolved through a plea deal a U.S. Justice Department case charging him with obtaining and publishing government secrets on his secret-spilling website. Ultimately, in the last several months, Justice Department leaders floated the concept of a deal that would ensure Assange’s freedom and permit a …

The Saipan surprise: How delicate talks led to the unlikely end of Julian Assange’s 12-year saga
5 months, 3 weeks ago

The Saipan surprise: How delicate talks led to the unlikely end of Julian Assange’s 12-year saga

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — About a year and a half ago, a lawyer for Julian Assange presented federal prosecutors in Virginia with a longshot request: Dismiss the case against the WikiLeaks founder. The abrupt guilty plea by WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange was the culmination of negotiations that began a year and a half ago and accelerated in recent months. About a year …

Julian Assange's return is being framed as a triumph by the Australian government, but there are awkward parts to the story
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Julian Assange's return is being framed as a triumph by the Australian government, but there are awkward parts to the story

ABC  

Has there been a recent political story that has been subject to so much different framing, by so many different people and interests, as the legal resolution of the Julian Assange case and his subsequent return to Australia? The Assange success helped Labor this week but it can't last Photo shows A man in suit gets out of a ca …

Stella Assange thanks Australian lawmakers for WikiLeaks founder’s freedom
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Stella Assange thanks Australian lawmakers for WikiLeaks founder’s freedom

Associated Press  

MELBOURNE, Australia — Stella Assange thanked the spectrum of lawmakers who campaigned for her husband, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, to be freed during her visit Thursday to Australia’s Parliament House, where political leaders differed over how welcome the convicted felon was in his homeland. Stella Assange speaks at a press conference in Parliament House following WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange’s arrival …

Inside the closed-door meeting in Washington DC to free WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Inside the closed-door meeting in Washington DC to free WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange

ABC  

Inside a meeting room deep inside the Robert F Kennedy Building in Washington DC last September, representatives of the US Department of Justice must've wondered what hit them. Dr Ryan said that the US officials pushed back against their arguments, claiming Assange's freedom was purely a legal matter, not a political one. "And also that the Chinese government had commented …

Who is Julian Assange and what exactly did he do?
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Who is Julian Assange and what exactly did he do?

ABC  

Julian Assange has been convicted under the US Espionage Act, with his guilty plea enabling him to come home to Australia. US charges: One count of Conspiracy to Receive National Defense Information Seven counts of Obtaining National Defense Information Nine counts of Disclosure of National Defense Information One count of Conspiracy to Commit Computer Intrusion Swedish charges: He was arrested …

Julian Assange and the battle for open society
5 months, 4 weeks ago

Julian Assange and the battle for open society

Hindustan Times  

Julian Assange walked free on Wednesday after a breakthrough plea deal with the United States that ended years of legal drama. WikiLeaks became best known in 2010 with the release of classified US military information, including chilling footage of a helicopter gunning down people in Baghdad and the airmen laughing about the “dead bastards”. WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange waves after …

I'm an Aussie soldier who saw first-hand the mayhem Julian Assange unleashed on the Middle East. Here's my message to the Wikileaks founder as he waltzes into my home country as a free man
5 months, 4 weeks ago

I'm an Aussie soldier who saw first-hand the mayhem Julian Assange unleashed on the Middle East. Here's my message to the Wikileaks founder as he waltzes into my home country as a free man

Daily Mail  

As Julian Assange touched down in Australia for the first time in 14 years as a free man, former Australian soldier Shane Healey wasn't celebrating. Former Australian Defence Force soldier Shane Healey witnessed the impacts that Julian Assange's actions caused in the Middle East WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange kisses his wife Stella Assange as he arrives in Canberra He gave …

Saipan, placid island setting for Assange’s last battle, is briefly mobbed — and bemused by the fuss
5 months, 4 weeks ago

Saipan, placid island setting for Assange’s last battle, is briefly mobbed — and bemused by the fuss

Associated Press  

SAIPAN, Northern Mariana Islands — It was a peculiar setting to the final act in a legal drama that has now spanned the globe: a rural Western Pacific island, where visitors are usually tourists — attracted by laid-back resorts, snorkeling, diving and golf — and the furthermost reach of the United States. “People here have more important things to worry …

Julian Assange, founder of WikiLeaks, freed after US plea deal
5 months, 4 weeks ago

Julian Assange, founder of WikiLeaks, freed after US plea deal

The Hindu  

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange pleaded guilty to obtaining and publishing U.S. military secrets in a deal with Justice Department prosecutors that secured his liberty and concluded a drawn-out legal saga that raised divisive questions about press freedom and national security. Jennifer Robinson, one of Mr. Assange’s lawyers, told reporters after the hearing that the case “sets a dangerous precedent that …

A timeline of the legal case involving WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange
5 months, 4 weeks ago

A timeline of the legal case involving WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange

The Independent  

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Julian Assange freed after pleading guilty to one espionage charge at a hearing in Saipan
5 months, 4 weeks ago

Julian Assange freed after pleading guilty to one espionage charge at a hearing in Saipan

ABC  

Julian Assange is a free man after pleading guilty to one charge of espionage in a federal United States court as part of a plea deal with prosecutors. Outside court, Australian human rights lawyer and Assange's longest-service counsel, Jennifer Robinson, said today was "a historic day". After years behind bars Julian Assange faced a court in a US territory in …

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange returns to Australia a free man after US legal battle ends
5 months, 4 weeks ago

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange returns to Australia a free man after US legal battle ends

China Daily  

Updated: 2024-06-26 18:23 WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange hugs his wife Stella Assange after arriving at Canberra Airport in Canberra on June 26, 2024, after he pleaded guilty at a US court in Saipan to a single count of conspiracy to obtain and disseminate US national defence information. WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange returned home to Australia to start life as a …

WikiLeaks founder Assange pleads guilty in deal with US to avoid further prison time
5 months, 4 weeks ago

WikiLeaks founder Assange pleads guilty in deal with US to avoid further prison time

China Daily  

Xinhua | Updated: 2024-06-26 10:16 WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange in Saipan, on June 26, 2024. WASHINGTON -- Julian Assange, the founder of WikiLeaks, on Wednesday pleaded guilty to a single felony count of violating the Espionage Act in federal court in Saipan, the capital of the Northern Mariana Islands, as part of a deal with US Justice Department to avoid …

Wikileaks founder Julian Assange returns to Australia a free man after US legal battle concludes | WATCH
5 months, 4 weeks ago

Wikileaks founder Julian Assange returns to Australia a free man after US legal battle concludes | WATCH

India TV News  

Canberra: Wikileaks founder Julian Assange returned to his homeland Australia on Wednesday after a decade-long legal battle over the release of classified US military secrets concluded in the US Pacific island territory of Saipan, where he pleaded guilty to violating US espionage law. His release ended a 14-year legal saga in which Assange spent more than five years in a …

WikiLeaks founder Assange pleads guilty in deal with US to avoid further prison time
5 months, 4 weeks ago

WikiLeaks founder Assange pleads guilty in deal with US to avoid further prison time

China Daily  

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange in Saipan, on June 26, 2024. WASHINGTON -- Julian Assange, the founder of WikiLeaks, on Wednesday pleaded guilty to a single felony count of violating the Espionage Act in federal court in Saipan, the capital of the Northern Mariana Islands, as part of a deal with US Justice Department to avoid further prison time and ending …

Who is Julian Assange, the polarizing founder of the secret-spilling website WikiLeaks?
5 months, 4 weeks ago

Who is Julian Assange, the polarizing founder of the secret-spilling website WikiLeaks?

Associated Press  

WELLINGTON, New Zealand — He emerged on the information security scene in the 1990s as a “famous teenage hacker” following what he called an “ itinerant minstrel childhood” beginning in Townsville, Australia. Since Assange drew global attention in 2010 for his work with prominent news outlets to publish war logs and diplomatic cables that detailed U.S. military wrongdoing in Iraq …

Julian Assange finally heads home, to walk free after plea deal with US
5 months, 4 weeks ago

Julian Assange finally heads home, to walk free after plea deal with US

The Hindu  

Published : Jun 25, 2024 18:13 IST - 3 MINS READ Julian Assange will plead guilty to violating US espionage laws in a deal with the Justice Department that will see him return to his home country of Australia. “This created the space for a long period of negotiations with the US Department of Justice, leading to a deal that …

How was Assange plea deal cracked with unseen diplomatic manoeuvres between Australia-US-UK
5 months, 4 weeks ago

How was Assange plea deal cracked with unseen diplomatic manoeuvres between Australia-US-UK

Hindustan Times  

Behind closed doors, an Australia-US-UK diplomatic dance opened the way for a plea deal to free WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, analysts and a diplomat previously involved in the case told AFP. Assange's release had been under discussion "for a little while now", said Jared Mondschein, director of research at the University of Sydney's United States Studies Centre. US Ambassador to …

The final chapter in a 14-year legal odyssey: Why is Julian Assange flying to remote island of Saipan in the Pacific?
5 months, 4 weeks ago

The final chapter in a 14-year legal odyssey: Why is Julian Assange flying to remote island of Saipan in the Pacific?

Firstpost  

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is currently headed to a courtroom on the Pacific island of Saipan, where he is anticipated to enter a guilty plea on Wednesday for a single criminal charge. This plea deal is expected to result in his release, allowing him to return to Australia, his home country, after a lengthy legal journey spanning 14 years WikiLeaks …

Australian leaders cautiously welcome expected plea that could bring WikiLeaks founder Assange home
5 months, 4 weeks ago

Australian leaders cautiously welcome expected plea that could bring WikiLeaks founder Assange home

Associated Press  

MELBOURNE, Australia — Australian leaders cautiously welcomed an expected plea agreement that could set free Julian Assange, who was pursued for years over WikiLeaks’ publication of a trove of classified documents. U.S. Secretary of State Anthony Blinken pushed back against Albanese’s position during a visit to Australia last year, saying Assange was accused of “very serious criminal conduct” in publishing …

WikiLeaks’ Assange pleads guilty to publishing US military secrets in deal that secures his freedom
5 months, 4 weeks ago

WikiLeaks’ Assange pleads guilty to publishing US military secrets in deal that secures his freedom

Associated Press  

SAIPAN, Northern Mariana Islands — WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange pleaded guilty to obtaining and publishing U.S. military secrets Wednesday in a deal with Justice Department prosecutors that secures his liberty and concludes a drawn-out legal saga that raised divisive questions about press freedom and national security. WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, left, is escorted as he arrives at the United States …

Timeline of the Julian Assange legal saga over extradition to the US on espionage charges
5 months, 4 weeks ago

Timeline of the Julian Assange legal saga over extradition to the US on espionage charges

Associated Press  

LONDON — WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange headed to the Northern Mariana Islands on Tuesday to complete a plea deal with U.S. federal prosecutors that will allow him to walk free in return for a guilty plea. — October 2015: Metropolitan Police end their 24-hour guard outside the Ecuadorian Embassy but say they’ll arrest Assange if he leaves, ending a three-year …

What to know about WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange and the guilty plea that freed him
5 months, 4 weeks ago

What to know about WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange and the guilty plea that freed him

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The guilty plea by WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange brings a stunning conclusion to an international saga of the quixotic hacker who exposed government secrets. The site — and Assange — became best known in 2010 with the release of the classified U.S. military information, including chilling footage from an Apache helicopter showing people being gunned down in Baghdad …

WikiLeaks’ Julian Assange to be freed: How did he avoid US prison time?
5 months, 4 weeks ago

WikiLeaks’ Julian Assange to be freed: How did he avoid US prison time?

Firstpost  

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has agreed to plead guilty in a US court, which ends his long-running legal drama and allows him to finally return home to Australia as a free man. As part of the plea deal he struck with US authorities, he will be sentenced to 62 months, which is the time he has already served in UK …

Who is Julian Assange and what did he do? A brief history of Australian who will plead guilty for violating US laws
5 months, 4 weeks ago

Who is Julian Assange and what did he do? A brief history of Australian who will plead guilty for violating US laws

Hindustan Times  

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has been granted bail by a UK Court after he agreed to sign a plea deal with US. WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange walks to board a plane at a location given as London, Britain, in this still image from video released JUNE 25, 2024. Who is Julian Assange? Major WikiLeaks Releases April 2010: WikiLeaks published a …

Who is Julian Assange and what secrets is he accused of leaking?
5 months, 4 weeks ago

Who is Julian Assange and what secrets is he accused of leaking?

The Independent  

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Jailed in UK, Julian Assange to plead guilty in a deal with US that gives him freedom
5 months, 4 weeks ago

Jailed in UK, Julian Assange to plead guilty in a deal with US that gives him freedom

Firstpost  

Assange was indicted by a US federal grand jury in 2019 on 18 counts stemming from WikiLeaks’ publication of a trove of national security documents WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has agreed to plead guilty in US court to revealing military secrets in exchange for his freedom, ending his years-long legal drama, according to court documents released Monday night. The guilty …

A look at Julian Assange and how the long-jailed WikiLeaks founder is now on the verge of freedom
5 months, 4 weeks ago

A look at Julian Assange and how the long-jailed WikiLeaks founder is now on the verge of freedom

Hindustan Times  

WASHINGTON — News that the U.S. Justice Department has reached a plea deal that will lead to freedom for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange brings a stunning culmination to a long-running saga of international intrigue that spanned multiple continents. The Trump administration’s Justice Department accused Assange of directing former Army intelligence analyst Chelsea Manning in one of the largest compromises of …

Australian PM welcomes news of WikiLeaks founder Assange's release
5 months, 4 weeks ago

Australian PM welcomes news of WikiLeaks founder Assange's release

China Daily  

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange looks out a plane window as he approaches Bangkok airport for layover, according to the post by Wikileaks on X, in this picture released to social media on June 25, 2024. CANBERRA -- Australia's Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has welcomed the news that WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is set to be released by US authorities. Penny …

Julian Assange freed: What’s the deal the WikiLeaks founder struck with US?
5 months, 4 weeks ago

Julian Assange freed: What’s the deal the WikiLeaks founder struck with US?

Al Jazeera  

Assange will plead guilty to one espionage charge in a US court in Saipan on Wednesday, before returning home to Australia. After a 14-year-long legal battle, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange was released from the United Kingdom’s Belmarsh prison on Monday morning after agreeing to a plea deal with the United States. Assange will plead guilty to a felony charge under …

WikiLeaks founder set to be freed after US plea deal
5 months, 4 weeks ago

WikiLeaks founder set to be freed after US plea deal

China Daily  

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange disembarks from a plane at Bangkok Don Mueang International Airport in Thailand, in this screengrab from a video released to social media on Tuesday. WIKILEAKS VIA X / VIA REUTERS WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange was freed from a United Kingdom prison and was heading for a territory controlled by the United States on Tuesday, following a …

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange released from prison after US plea deal
5 months, 4 weeks ago

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange released from prison after US plea deal

Al Jazeera  

Assange to plead guilty to one charge of espionage and return home to Australia after years fighting US extradition. “Julian Assange is free,” WikiLeaks said in a statement on X. “WikiLeaks published groundbreaking stories of government corruption and human rights abuses, holding the powerful accountable for their actions,” WikiLeaks said in its statement announcing the plea deal. He is an …

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange will plead guilty in deal with US and be freed from prison
5 months, 4 weeks ago

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange will plead guilty in deal with US and be freed from prison

Associated Press  

▶ Follow the AP’s latest coverage of Julian Assange’s plea deal. WASHINGTON — WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange will plead guilty to a felony charge in a deal with the U.S. Justice Department that will allow him to walk free and resolve a long-running legal saga that spanned multiple continents and centered on the publication of a trove of classified documents. …

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange's UK appeal against US extradition to begin on July 9
6 months, 1 week ago

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange's UK appeal against US extradition to begin on July 9

Hindustan Times  

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange's appeal against a UK court ruling that approved his extradition to the United States to face trial for breaking national security laws will begin on July 9, a judicial spokesman said Tuesday. Assange, 52, won his bid to challenge the ruling last month, and the two-day hearing will now take place at the High Court in …

End the punishment: On Julian Assange
7 months ago

End the punishment: On Julian Assange

The Hindu  

Julian Assange, founder of whistle-blower website WikiLeaks, has won a legal reprieve in the U.K., with permission to appeal against an extradition order that would see him transferred to the U.S. to face trial for allegedly leaking military secrets. The ruling came after the High Court ruled in March that the U.S. government would be given three weeks to assure …

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange wins bid to appeal extradition to US
7 months ago

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange wins bid to appeal extradition to US

Al Jazeera  

Judges in the UK will hear WikiLeaks founder’s argument against being extradited to face trial in a US court. WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has been given permission to have a full appeal over his extradition to the United States after arguing at London’s High Court that he might not be able to rely on his right to free speech at …

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange facing pivotal moment in long fight to stay out of US court
7 months ago

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange facing pivotal moment in long fight to stay out of US court

New Indian Express  

LONDON: The host of a news conference about WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange's extradition fight wryly welcomed journalists last week to the “millionth” press briefing on his court case. Assange faces a hearing in London's High Court that could end with him being sent to the U.S. to face espionage charges, or provide him another chance to appeal his extradition. “Reporting …

'We’re considering it': Biden mulls Australia's request to drop charges against Wikileaks' Assange
8 months, 1 week ago

'We’re considering it': Biden mulls Australia's request to drop charges against Wikileaks' Assange

Firstpost  

US President Joe Biden told reporters on Wednesday that he is “considering” a request from Australia to drop charges against Wikileaks’ Julian Assange US President Joe Biden said he is considering a request from Australia to drop the US push to prosecute Wikileaks founder Julian Assange | Source: AP US President Joe Biden is contemplating a significant shift in the …

US considering Australia's request to drop prosecution of Wikileaks founder Julian Assange, says President Joe Biden
8 months, 2 weeks ago

US considering Australia's request to drop prosecution of Wikileaks founder Julian Assange, says President Joe Biden

Hindustan Times  

President Joe Biden said Wednesday that he is considering a request from Australia to drop the decade-long U.S. push to prosecute Wikileaks founder Julian Assange for publishing a trove of American classified documents. WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange For years, Australia has called on the U.S. to drop its prosecution against Assange, an Australian citizen who has fought U.S. extradition efforts …

UK court orders to delay extradition of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to US on espionage charges
8 months, 4 weeks ago

UK court orders to delay extradition of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to US on espionage charges

Deccan Chronicle  

London, Mar 26 A British court says Julian Assange can't immediately be extradited to the United States on espionage charges, in a partial victory for the WikiLeaks founder. Two High Court judges said they would grant Assange a new appeal unless US authorities give further assurances about what will happen to him. During a two-day hearing in the High Court …

Julian Assange: UK court orders delay to extradition of WikiLeaks founder to US
8 months, 4 weeks ago

Julian Assange: UK court orders delay to extradition of WikiLeaks founder to US

Associated Press  

LONDON — A British court ruled Tuesday that Julian Assange can’t be extradited to the United States on espionage charges unless U.S. authorities guarantee he won’t get the death penalty, giving the WikiLeaks founder a partial victory in his long legal battle over the site’s publication of classified American documents. Two High Court judges said they would grant Assange a …

WikiLeaks’ Assange faces wait to find out whether he can challenge extradition to the US
10 months ago

WikiLeaks’ Assange faces wait to find out whether he can challenge extradition to the US

Associated Press  

LONDON — WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange won’t find out until next month at the earliest whether he can challenge extradition to the U.S. on spying charges, or if his long legal battle in Britain has run out of road. Two High Court judges said Wednesday they would take time to consider their verdict after a two-day hearing in which Assange’s …

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange in last-ditch battle to stop U.S. extradition
10 months ago

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange in last-ditch battle to stop U.S. extradition

The Hindu  

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange begins what could be his last chance to stop his extradition from Britain to the United States on February 20 after more than 13 years battling the authorities in the English courts. They will argue that Assange's prosecution is politically motivated and marks an impermissible attack on free speech, as the first time a publisher has …

WikiLeaks founder Assange faces his last legal roll of the dice in Britain to avoid US extradition
10 months ago

WikiLeaks founder Assange faces his last legal roll of the dice in Britain to avoid US extradition

Associated Press  

LONDON — Julian Assange’s lawyers opened a final U.K. legal challenge Tuesday to stop the WikiLeaks founder from being sent to the United States to face spying charges, arguing that American authorities are seeking to punish him for exposing serious criminal acts by the U.S. government. Lawyer Edward Fitzgerald said Assange may “suffer a flagrant denial of justice” if he …

WikiLeaks founder Assange starts final UK legal battle to avoid extradition to US on spy charges
10 months ago

WikiLeaks founder Assange starts final UK legal battle to avoid extradition to US on spy charges

The Independent  

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Who is Julian Assange? Will the WikiLeaks founder be extradited to the US?
10 months ago

Who is Julian Assange? Will the WikiLeaks founder be extradited to the US?

Al Jazeera  

The London High Court hearing will determine whether Assange is extradited to the US after his decade-long legal battle. “Julian has been indicted for receiving, possessing and communicating information to the public of evidence of war crimes committed by the US government,” Assange’s wife Stella said. Arrest and Assange’s legal battle While the US only officially unsealed criminal charges against …

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